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ID number: BIRBI-R1551 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Gordian I; Rome Denomination: Sestertius Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 238 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.90 Weight (g): 15.97 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 1098. In Paris, 1929. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Gordian I, wearing laurel wreath and beard, draped, facing r. Reverse: Victory, winged and draped, advancing facing l., holding wreath in extended r. and holding palm in l.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP CAES M ΛNT GORΠTΛNΓS AFΠ AVC (Imperator Caesar Marcus Antonius Gordianus Africanus Augustus). Reverse: vICTƆHIA ∆VGC S C (Victory of the Emperors; S C - Translation Disputed).
Bibliography: RIC IV 12
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